PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cognitive Dissonance, Implicit-Association Test, Falsifiability
24 Aug 2016
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Chapter 13 social psychology: how other affect us. Study of how people influence others" behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes. We tend to think others are vulnerable to social influence but not ourselves. Predisposed to forming intimate interpersonal networks of a particular size. Need-to-belong theory and biologically based need for interpersonal connections. It literally hurts us to be isolated or rejected. Most social influence processes are adaptive under most circumstances. They can turn maladaptive when they are blind or unquestioning. We seek to evaluate our abilities and beliefs y comparing them with those of others. Upward (superiors) and downward (inferiors) social comparison. Mass hysteria is a contagious outbreak of irrational behaviour that spreads: ufo outbreaks, windshield pitting. Urban legends are another example of social contagions. When the mere presence of others enhances our performance: bicyclists racing, cockroaches running mazes. Attributions are assigning causes to behaviour: internal vs external.
